英语释义

1. a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection
Makos, among the fastest of sharks, chase down their prey. Slower species … rely on stealth and explosive power.
— Steve Kemper The intricate labor … required courage and stealth.
— Sue M. Halpern As we walked closer we began treading with exaggerated stealth until we came very close …
— Dorothy Dimsdale A thief does his work in secret and by stealth.
— Harry Shaw

2. an aircraft-design characteristic consisting of oblique angular construction and avoidance of vertical surfaces that is intended to produce a very weak radar return —usually used before another noun
a stealth bomber/fighterstealth aircraftstealth technology

3. theft

4. something stolen

5. intended not to attract attention stealthy
a stealth campaign … the company has operated in stealth mode until now.
— Steve Silberman Her team seemed to communicate with a secret stealth language …
— E. L. Konigsburg — see also stealth entry 1 sense 2

6. involving or caused by an asymptomatic or presymptomatic infectious individual silent sense 1b
stealth spread/transmission of a contagious disease

7. a secret, quiet, and clever way of moving or behaving

8. done or happening in a secret or quiet way that does not attract attention

9. sly or secret action

片语

Do Good By Stealth暗中行善

Characterized by stealth秘密的偷偷摸摸的

So Giant arrives by stealth蕓蕓众生吃饱饭谋小康

like mice eating by stealth鬼鬼祟祟

Love By Stealth偷情

on the sly偷偷地；秘密地

take by stealth翻译

Good act done by stealth阴德

英汉例句

• And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

  那日众民暗暗地进城，就如败阵逃跑，惭愧的民一般。

• Bangladesh「s generals took power by stealth on January 11th, forcing the President to declare a state of emergency and appoint a government of technocrats to do their bidding.

  孟加拉的将军们于1月11日不声不响夺了权，迫使总统宣布进入紧急状态，并指定一个由专家组成的政府来实施他们的指令。

• We had crept by stealth from the orphanage grounds, and stood among the rocks and bald hills of the West.

  我们偷偷地溜出孤儿院，站在西边光秃秃的山丘上的巖石堆里。

• 」Why did you slip away by stealth like this?

  「你为什么要这样偷偷地溜走呢？」

• Then they dissolve into nothing, only to form as if by stealth on a different horizon, dancing across the sky in the shape of a sea horse or crescent moon.

  然后它们消散于无形，没料到在另一条地平线上好像又暗中形成，在天空中以海马或新月的形状舞动着。

• On a dark and stormy night he made his way by stealth into the city.

  在一个暴风雨的漆黑夜晚，他偷偷潜入了城市。

• There is a clear temptation for the West to extricate itself from the errors of the Greenspan asset bubble, the Brown credit bubble, and the EMU sovereign bubble by stealth default through inflation.

  西方人有一种明显的倾向，希望通过通货膨胀造成的隐性违约，摆脱格林斯潘的资产泡沫、布朗信贷泡沫和欧洲货币联盟主权泡沫。

• Reform by stealth has been a hallmark of much of China's economic transformation in the past quarter-century.

  在过去的十五年中，隐秘的变革成为中国经济变化的一个显着标志。

• Mr Cameron will not be able to win his reform battles by stealth and charm alone.

  卡梅伦先生仅靠秘密行动和个人魅力无法赢得战斗。

相似词

backstairs厨房门；后面楼梯

clandestine秘密的，私下的；偷偷摸摸的

covert(Covert)（美、加）科弗特（人名）

furtive鬼鬼祟祟的，秘密的

hole-and-corner秘密的；无足轻重的

hugger-muggerad 秘密地；杂乱地

private（场所）清静的；（人）不愿吐露心思的，内向的

privy有利害关系的人；厕所

secret(Secret) （法）塞克雷（人名）

sneak溜；鬼鬼祟祟做事；向老师打小报告

sneaking暗中的，私下的；暗暗扰人不止的；（非正式）偷偷摸摸的；隐隐的（尤指不妙的）

sneaky鬼鬼祟祟的；暗中的，卑鄙的

stealthy鬼鬼祟祟的；秘密的

surreptitious秘密的；鬼鬼祟祟的；暗中的

undercover秘密的，秘密从事的；从事间谍活动的

underground铺（电缆）于地下

underhandad 欺诈地；以下手投；（投球）低手地

underhanded卑劣的；秘密的；人手不足的

相反词

open开始；展现

overt明显的；公然的；蓄意的

public(Public)人名；(英)帕布利克